[UPDATE: This post was first titled DRC ripped off by Mobitype, a Löic Le Meur venture. At the time of the post, Löic Le Meur was listed as the chairman of Mobitype's board. In the days after this post, both...
Bizarre & Unexpected
So last night I was at the local Thai place for take-out. I hadn’t called in advance, so I had to wait. I didn’t mind; they have a sort of open kitchen, and I like to watch cooks work. But…
Tunnel Found on Mexican Border By John PomfretWashington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 27, 2006; Page A03 LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 — U.S. and Mexican authorities have discovered an elaborate tunnel that stretches the length of eight football fields connecting…
Desirable Roasted Coffee is a year old! And I didn’t even notice. Some dates simply slip my mind. I can tell you the date I started my first company (September 17, 1990), but couldn’t tell you on a bet my…
If any one other than Shelley Powers had posted this, I’d say I was being duped: I called Amtrak to ask about the mysterious extra hour in the schedule, due to Daylight Savings Time ending, and the very nice lady…
How Google works is a mystery to me. In April, I noted that Desirable Roasted Coffee was suddenly the first landing page for anyone searching Google for John Constable’s painting Hampstead Heath: “For a week or so now, I’ve noticed…
Language Log tips me off to a disturbing idea: lobbying dictionaries to remove words that offend your interest group. British potato farmers want ‘couch potato’ removed from the OED, according to The Times, the AP and others. Farmers, flacks and…
For a week or so now, I’ve noticed 15 to 30 readers a day coming by Desirable Roasted Coffee looking for information about John Constable’s glorious painting “Hampstead Heath”. Puzzling, because Desirable Roasted Coffee is the last place to come…
Ethan Zuckerman, like all of us, receives “419 scam” or “Nigerian scam” letters from time to time. You know, the “we need to get 22 million dollars out of the National Bank, but need your help. We will offer you…
